31 Day Challenge, Day 13: Animal Print

Good morning! Today's challenge is animal print, which I'm usually not a fan of, but I decided to to a fall-inspired take on it!

Earlier yesterday evening I painted my roommate's nails along with my own (she is wearing Orly Rage :) ), but decided to add the stamping last minute to fit the challenge!

What I used:
2 coats OPI Rising Star
Sally Hansen Unbreakable Heart (for stamping)
Bundle Monster BM-223

OPI Rising Star
Sally Hansen Unbreakable Heart

OPI Rising
 Sally Hansen Unbreakable Heart

I like how this is a subtle animal print! Not too in-your-face :)

The subtle shimmer in Unbreakable Heart really complemented Rising Star!

I adore Rising Star on its own, so here it is before the Zebra!

OPI Rising Star

OPI Rising Star

 Rising Star is the perfect Autumn color! It's a gorgeous copper/orange color. Reminds me of Thanksgiving :)

What do you think of this zebra mani?

-Shelby

Check out the other lovely ladies:

-Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful 
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-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa 
-Mari at Nailista 
-Greta at How Was Your Day?
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
-Gini at Sassy Paints 
-Chameleon Stampede 
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish 
- Robin Sparkles 

First Attempt at Nail Stamping!

Hi guys! I recently ordered some nail stamping plates, along with the Konad stamper and scraper. I ordered a couple Konad plates, but mostly Bundle Monster & Cheeky plates. I had a hard time getting the stamp to transfer from the stamper onto my nail, but I worked with it. I started out with Essie's Play Date as my base and then used the Konad white special polish to stamp.

Below I did 2 coats of Play Date & I used BM-221 (a floral design). The first two are kind of shaded, while the third is in direct light.

Essie Play Date
BM-221

Essie Play Date
BM-221

Essie Play Date
BM-221

As you can tell, my ring finger had a bit of smudging. My pointer and middle fingers turned out the best.

I'm looking forward to trying out more designs!

What do you think?

-Shelby